Sewing a waxed canvas tote from start to finish
Cutting, sewing the body, setting the handles and waxing it, in one long afternoon.
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Slow sewing and plain lessons from the room above the harbour, every other Thursday.
Waxing cotton canvas with a block and a hairdryer
How much wax to rub in, how to melt it in evenly and how long to let it cure.
Walking the cliff path in a waxed smock in drizzle
What a waxed hood and cuff do in a long wet walk, and where they let water in.
Cutting pattern pieces on brown paper
Tracing, notching and labelling pieces so they come out the same every time.
Sewing a flat-felled seam on heavy canvas
The seam that keeps the rain out, sewn slowly on a plain home machine.
Choosing cotton canvas: weight, weave and what to avoid
How I read a swatch, what ounce weight suits what, and the cloth I leave on the shelf.
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Wax and Thread
A short letter every other Thursday about one thing I sewed, one trick with wax and one walk in the rain.